Christian Standard Bible
Job 36:6
6He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed.
Job 36:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
- New International Version (NIV)He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.
Context of Job 36:6
4Indeed, my words are not false; one who has complete knowledge is with you. 5Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one; he understands all things. He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed. 7He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous, but he seats them forever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted. 8If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction,
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לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:6
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked continue to live, growing old and becoming powerful?
- Psalms 55:23God, you will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
- Jeremiah 12:1You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet, I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
- 2 Peter 2:9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
- Job 29:12For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
- Psalms 9:12For the one who seeks an accounting for bloodshed remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.
- Psalms 10:14But you yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into your hands. The helpless one entrusts himself to you; you are a helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people, help the poor, and crush the oppressor.
- Psalms 82:1God stands in the divine assembly; he pronounces judgment among the gods:
- Proverbs 22:22Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed at the city gate,
- Isaiah 11:4but he will judge the poor righteously and execute justice for the oppressed of the land. He will strike the land with a scepter from his mouth, and he will kill the wicked with a command from his lips.
- Exodus 22:22“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord upholds the just cause of the poor, justice for the needy.
Commentaries on Job 36:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He preserveth not the life - He will not give life to the wicked; all such forfeit life by their transgressions. But giveth right - Justice will he give to the afflicted or humble, עניים aniyim .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He preserveth not the life of the wicked - Elihu here maintains substantially the same sentiment which the three friends of Job had done, that the dealings of God in this life are in accordance with character, and that strict justice is thus maintained. But giveth right to the poor - Margin, “or afflicted.” The Hebrew word often refers to the afflicted, to the humble, or the lowly; and the reference here is to the “lower classes” of society. The idea is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. right ... poor--He espouses the cause of the afflicted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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